John,
Yes I did paint the tripod, a bit rash I know, but that's all it's used
for, so why not. I used standard model paints (acrylic) used for model cars
planes etc. I just keys the black painted aluminium with wet & dry first. I
left the lower legs unpainted as this would effect how well they collapsed.
That netting is very open, and can be used for covering your face, so
offers no filtering (ok extremely little) effect on the audio.
Mike
>Hi Mike,
>Thanks for the photo and description. Your rig looks well camouflaged.
>I'll keep an eye out for similiar camo insect nettting. Did you paint
>your tripod?
>I too have been using a homemade Jecklyn disk (more or less standard)
>with AT-3032s, which I should have mentioned I used for my Dawn Chorus
>Day recordings.
>
>John Hartog
>www.rockscallop.org
>
>--- In Michael Oates <> wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Thanks :)
>>
>> I really should have taken some photos as I was constructing it, but
>here is one showing
>> it finished.
>>
>> http://www.mikeoates.org/arl/wildlife/jecklin_array1.jpg
>>
>> Inside is a pair of Sennheiser MKH20 mics separated at 170mm and are
>basically mounted on
>> a stereo bar using the standard mic holders for these mics. In
>between these is a barrier
>> made from 9mm MDF covered with 10mm each side of acoustic foam. The
>barrier instead of
>> being circular of about 330mm I used an oval shape about 160mm high
>and 220mm deep. The
>> whole array has an aluminium frame going around it to support the
>coverings, of which
>> there are up to four. The reduced size of barrier was to make it
>more portable.
>>
>> The closest one to the mics at about 75mm distant to give plenty of
>air space around the
>> mics is a dual layer of Tulle Long Net with wadding sandwiched
>between. Next is a layer of
>> fleece, over that is faux fur and finally just to make it less
>obvious to wildlife some
>> Insect Net from http://www.wildlifewatchingsupplies.co.uk Obviously
>not all layers may be
>> needed, that will depend on the weather. I am aware that some audio
>losses will occur, but
>> for this recording I used the lot, so it can't have that much of an
>effect.
>>
>> I will try and take some detail shots and post here, but it will not
>be for a few days as
>> I will be away.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> >Nice stuff Mike! An auspicious sign it seems - losing one's boot to
>> >the muck. Can you describe your modified Jecklin Disk array?
>> >
>> >John Hartog
>> >www.rockscallop.org
>> >
>> >
>> >--- In Michael Oates <me@> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dawn Chorus 4 May 2008 Compilation
>> >>
>> >> I thought I would share my very first recording of a dawn chorus, it
>> >just happened that I
>> >> planned to do this on the very same day as International Dawn Chorus
>> >Day, yes it really
>> >> was a coincidence. I was using it as a practice run for next weekend
>> >when I am going on a
>> >> trip to the Northumberland National Park for wildlife recording.
>> >>
>> >> This is recorded just outside of a village called Walshaw in
>> >Lancashire UK. The file below
>> >> is a compilation of approx 5 x 2 min clips from a single 44 min
>> >recording started at
>> >> 4:54am I was planning an earlier start, but when I got to the
>> >location I was going to
>> >> record from, I got stuck, literally. Note to self: "do not walk
>> >through fields that you
>> >> have not walked through in daylight first" I ended up almost knee
>> >deep in a bog, took all
>> >> my effort to keep the gear out of the mud, sacrificing my foot to
>> >the wet mud when my
>> >> Wellington boot came off !.
>> >>
>> >> Once I got out I was all set to go home wet and frustrated, but I
>> >found another spot on a
>> >> public footpath not too far away and decided to stay and record. I
>> >am glad I did, as these
>> >> are the best bird recordings I have done yet. Some of the time there
>> >was some light rain
>> >> but it was light enough not to record, later on it got quite heavy
>> >as you will be able to
>> >> hear.
>> >>
>> >> I won't try and say which birds are on the recording, because I am
>> >very new to this and I
>> >> am learning to identify them, for me it's a long slow process.
>> >>
>> >> Recorded using a modified Jecklin Disk array with two Sennheiser
>> >MKH20 mics to a Fostex
>> >> FR-2LE via a Sound Devices 302 mixer. The whole array was protected
>> >from the wind rain
>> >> with faux fur over a frame. I had the 160Hz high pass filter on the
>> >302 and used a very
>> >> gentle base EQ cut in Audition to remove some distant traffic rumble.
>> >>
>> >> The file is 10m54s long and is a 14.9MB mp3 encoded at 192kbps
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>http://www.mikeoates.org/arl/wildlife/dawn_chorus_compilation_20080504.mp=
3
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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